Legal Opinion
BURD MANAGEMENT, LLC v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 2005No. 49S02-0411-CV-476PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
A property owner whose land is being taken for a highway project argues that the state transportation department must, to prevail in condemnation proceedings, prove that it made a good-faith offer to purchase the property prior to filing suit. We hold that Indiana Code Section 32-24, 1-13(a) exempts the transportation department from any such requirement, thereby over-ruling Decker v. State, 426 N.E.2d 151 (Ind.Ct.App.1981).
Background
The Indiana Department of Transportation ("INDOT") is in the process of improving public highway U.S. 36 in Marion County, also known as…
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